Management of reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-210

  Viel, Eric ^a   Ripart, Jacques ^b   Pelissier, Jacques ^a   Eledjam, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire ^*

Author keywords

CRPS; Preemptive analgesia; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Rehabilitation; Sympathetic blocks

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT; GUANETHIDINE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALLODYNIA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; GANGLION BLOCK; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PAIN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

ANALGESIA; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032776780     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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